Ashley Vanderkoen
A contributor to The Medium.
Contributions
UTM establishes new measures against COVID
Since the university’s sudden closure in March, the biggest question on students’ minds has been, “what can I expect this fall?” With new COVID-19...
Advice for new students in a new age of learning
With the fall semester beginning, a new wave of students will soon flood the school. If you are one of them, you probably have...
Finding optimism during pessimistic times
Quarantine left me wondering what exactly optimism is and why it is something that we continue to desire. Is it a smokescreen created to...
Clearing the mental “Fogg” and getting things done
I’m a procrastinator. There, I said it. I have a hard time focusing on what needs to be done and find myself looking for...
Self-reflection in You Look the Other Way
The
Blackwood Gallery has unveiled the first of two graduate exhibitions of the UTM
and Sheridan Art and Art History 2019 class. You Look
the Other Way...
Does drawing improve your memory?
For a university student, a heightened memory is a valuable skill to have since success in most courses is largely dependent on the student’s...
UTM campus council discusses diversity
Earlier this month, the University of Toronto Mississauga’s Campus Council held their first meeting. Council discussed the new deadline for the Davis renovations, the...
Is breakfast the most important meal?
The basics of nutrition are one of the fundamental ways of living. Sometimes, during periods of our youth, we tend to disregard our health...
Visualizing environmental activism
The Work of Wind: Air, Land, Sea aims to show detrimental effects on our environment through thirteen contemporary art installations, which will be spread...
UTM establishes new measures against COVID
Since the university’s sudden closure in March, the biggest question on students’ minds has been, “what can I expect this fall?” With new COVID-19...
Advice for new students in a new age of learning
With the fall semester beginning, a new wave of students will soon flood the school. If you are one of them, you probably have...
Finding optimism during pessimistic times
Quarantine left me wondering what exactly optimism is and why it is something that we continue to desire. Is it a smokescreen created to...
Clearing the mental “Fogg” and getting things done
I’m a procrastinator. There, I said it. I have a hard time focusing on what needs to be done and find myself looking for...
Self-reflection in You Look the Other Way
The
Blackwood Gallery has unveiled the first of two graduate exhibitions of the UTM
and Sheridan Art and Art History 2019 class. You Look
the Other Way...
Does drawing improve your memory?
For a university student, a heightened memory is a valuable skill to have since success in most courses is largely dependent on the student’s...
UTM campus council discusses diversity
Earlier this month, the University of Toronto Mississauga’s Campus Council held their first meeting. Council discussed the new deadline for the Davis renovations, the...
Is breakfast the most important meal?
The basics of nutrition are one of the fundamental ways of living. Sometimes, during periods of our youth, we tend to disregard our health...
Visualizing environmental activism
The Work of Wind: Air, Land, Sea aims to show detrimental effects on our environment through thirteen contemporary art installations, which will be spread...